🕵️‍♂️By auditing three minor characters, I found trait transfers, structural erasures, and a shift from collective memory to selective biography. 🔍
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🔍 New Audit: Three Novels
This investigation documents incorrect chapter names, erased imprints, bad romaji, missing illustrators, and publication dates drifting from the physical colophon from three different novels.

Full analysis: shorturl.at/vJF4C

🔍 New Audit: The Bibliographic Breakdown.

My latest investigation reveals a disconnect between the physical source and the digital record. From misread publication dates to "phantom" chapter titles and the erasure of publishing imprints, the data is drifting. 🔍 shorturl.at/OWkra

New Genso Sleuth investigation.
I audited 8 Card Stories cards and found repeated OCR corruption, internal inconsistencies, and English translations silently correcting unusable Japanese text.

The pattern is clear, and it matters for anyone reusing the data.

Full analysis: shorturl.at/lxOVM

🔍 The latest audit is live. 🔍 This investigation reveals how manual regressions and transcription errors can overwrite years of verified data. When documentation priorities shift away from source fidelity, the entire record suffers.

Full analysis here: shorturl.at/Geom3

New Genso Sleuth Investigation: I’ve audited 5 location entries, revealing a systemic pattern of ignored furigana, "hallucinated" geography, and factual timeline errors. The data suggests a workflow that values surface-level synthesis over source fidelity.

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This post looks at how consistency breaks down when documentation relies on familiarity instead of verification.
Names, sources, and assumptions don’t always line up as cleanly as they appear.

Full analysis here: shorturl.at/ZC2kA

Thank you all for your patience! Without further ado, it's This Year In Videogame Blogging 2025, complete with a bonus This Week In Videogame Blogging, December 28, 2025!

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The Unite Attack Audit.
I analyzed 5 entries to see how source material is handled. The results show a consistent, repeatable pattern of mechanical failure over human editorial review.

See the full analysis here: shorturl.at/B0oSV

This post examines how small terminology and phrasing choices affect clarity and consistency in fan-facing translations of Japanese game content.

Full analysis here: shorturl.at/5cXDj

I’ve completed a comparative analysis of data integrity within a large-scale fan archive. By auditing two entries against their original Japanese sources, I’ve identified recurring patterns of data omission and transcription errors.

Detailed findings here: shorturl.at/NIrx7